PLAYED AT: Markin MacPhail Centre - WinSport ArenaDate: Sep 22, 2017GAME NOTES: CANADA PULLS AWAY FOR FIRST ICEBREAKER WIN
JASON LA ROSE
CALGARY, Alta. – Jill Saulnier (Halifax, N.S./Calgary, CWHL) scored the game-winning goal on a spectacular effort, and Canada’s National Women’s Team netted three unanswered goals to beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Friday night.
The victory is the first for the Canadian women at the Icebreaker Tournament, a start-of-season event against three teams from the Alberta Midget Hockey League.
Just over two minutes after the Flames had tied the game in the second period, Saulnier raced in alone and, after being pulled down, stayed with the puck and swept the go-ahead goal through Calgary goaltender Riley Fonger from her back.
Canada struggled to find its offensive footing early, going without a shot on goal until a power play with just over seven minutes to go in the first period.
The Flames held a 9-6 advantage in shots in the opening frame, but Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) got the Canadians on the board with 7.8 seconds to go, flying down the left wing before beating Fonger to the far side.
Taylor Makar – younger brother of NHL first-rounder Cale Makar – jammed in the 1-1 goal to pull the Midget side even at 11:39 of the second period, but that would be the lone puck to beat Geneviève Lacasse (Kingston, Ont./Calgary, CWHL), who finished with 27 saves.
The Saulnier goal capped a strong middle stanza for the Canadians, who peppered Fonger with 19 shots in the period. They held a 32-28 advantage in shots on goal overall.
Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto, CWHL) added insurance for Canada seven minutes into the third period, jumping off the bench and into the play before taking a feed from Jennifer Wakefield (Pickering, Ont./Linköping HC, SWE) and snapping a quick shot past the blocker of Fonger.
Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que./Montreal, CWHL) finished the scoring less than three minutes later with an unassisted effort, sweeping around the Flames defence and tucking in the final goal.
The Canadians finish the preliminary portion of the Icebreaker Tournament on Saturday, facing off against the Calgary Royals (5:30 p.m. MT).

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Calgary Flames

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

30

Maschmeyer, Emerance

G

31

Lacasse, Geneviève

2

Agosta, Meghan

4

Lacquette, Brigette

5

Rougeau, Lauriane

6

Johnston, Rebecca

7

Stacey, Laura

8

Fortino, Laura

9

Wakefield, Jennifer

11

Saulnier, Jill

12

Mikkelson, Meaghan

14

Fast, Renata

17

Bram, Bailey

19

Jenner, Brianne

24

Spooner, Natalie

26

Clark, Emily

28

Zandee-Hart, Micah

29

Poulin, Marie-Philip

40

Turnbull, Blayre

46

Potomak, Amy

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

9

2:00

Body-Checking

16:34

1

16:34

18:34

3rd

26

2:00

Tripping

2:40

1

2:40

4:40

3rd

28

2:00

Tripping

7:25

1

7:25

9:25

CALGARY FLAMES LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Fonger, Riley

G

31

Pryor, Eric

3

Benson, Brett

4

Dalquist, Joshua

5

Lund, Ethan

6

Monden, Daniel

7

Nixdorf, Erik

8

Zonneveld, Steven

9

Brock, Connor

10

Edwards, Oliver

11

Hodge, Michael

12

Keith, Seamus

13

Kingston, Neil

14

Makar, Taylor

15

Martin, Eric

16

McLean, Tyson

17

Morrison, Brayden

18

Pollock-Hughes, Cameron

19

Price, Dylan

20

Shaw, Logan

CALGARY FLAMES PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

15

2:00

Slashing

12:53

1

12:53

14:53

3rd

13

2:00

Tripping

13:51

1

13:51

15:51

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

CALGARY FLAMES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

19:52

6-4-19

2nd

13:56

11-9

3rd

6:59

24-9-28

3rd

9:45

29

CALGARY FLAMES Goals

CALGARY FLAMES PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

11:39

14

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

CANADA

0 / 2

CALGARY FLAMES

0 / 3

PENALTY SUMMARY

CANADA

6 min / 3 inf

CALGARY FLAMES

4 min / 2 inf

POINT SUMMARY

CANADA

4 G + 5 A = 9 Pts

CALGARY FLAMES

1 G + A = 1 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

CANADA

1

1

2

4

CALGARY FLAMES

0

1

0

1

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

CAN - Lacasse (60:00) (W)

9

10

8

27

/0:00

3rd/20:00

FLA - Fonger (60:00) (L)

5

18

5

28

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

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Start:

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End:

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CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official NWT - Fall Festival Game Report.